Did you know…?

There are 5,000 - 7,000 spines or quills on a hedgehog’s body.

If it senses danger, a hedgehog rolls its body into a tight ball and raises its spines to defend itself.

In China, people believe that the hedgehog is a sacred animal. People used to believe that eating hedgehogs would cure illnesses.

During the 1980s in Britain, there were ‘hedgehog’ flavoured crisps – but they didn’t contain any hedgehogs, thank goodness!